CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard men's water polo team opens the 2026 season on Saturday as co-host of Brown's Bruno Classic with eight matches over two days at Blodgett Pool. The Crimson take on Cal Baptist at 10 a.m. Saturday morning and Air Force at 4:30 p.m. that afternoon to kickoff the action. The weekend continues Sunday at 9 a.m. against Pacific and wraps at 2:30 p.m. against Wagner.
Admission to all Harvard water polo matches at Blodgett Pool are free.
Bruno Classic Schedule
Saturday
10:00 AM - Harvard vs. Cal Baptist
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11:30 AM - MIT vs. Air Force
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3:00 PM - MIT vs. Cal Baptist
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4:30 PM - Harvard vs. Air Force
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Sunday
9:00 AM - Harvard vs. Pacific
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10:30 AM - MIT vs. Wagner
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1:00 PM - MIT vs. Pacific
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2:30 PM - Harvard vs. Wagner
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About the Crimson
Harvard is coming off a 20-10 season in 2025 and returns all six of its top scorers from a year ago. Senior
Jack Burghardt, who sports cap No. 2 this season, was the NWPC MVP a season ago after a 98-goal campaign. Junior
Dean Strauser was second-team All-NWPC with 67 goals and 51 assists a season ago, while classmate
Lukas Peabody was an honorable mention pick with 56 goals and 32 assists. Senior
Vilas Sogaard-Srikrishnan led all players with 65 assists and was fourth in goals at 47. Rounding out the top six scorers from 2025 are junior defender
Tyler Hogan (34 goals) and senior attacker
Jacob Tsotadze (32 goals).
In net, the Crimson will rely on a combination of senior
Oliver Price and first-year
Jonas Ransford. Price provides valuable experience after serving as Harvard back-up goalie the last three years. He appeared in 11 games last season and made a season-high 13 saves against Cal State Fullerton. Ransford aims to crack the Harvard lineup as a rookie following his scholastic career at JSerra Catholic in California.
Joining Ransford for their first collegiate competition are first-years Clay Carrinton,
Geoff Slutzky and
Rigby Snapp.
